Never Mind the Toffees: The Ultimate Everton Quiz Book

By Gavin Buckland

From top scorers to the lowest crowds, highest appearance makers to one-hit wonders, this ultimate quiz book covers the whole history of the club from its foundation as St Domingo’s in 1878 to FA Cup glory and the mighty hair of Maroune Fellaini. Written in thirty fun rounds, each with eleven questions, this is the ideal companion at home, down the pub, or in those long car journeys to away games, and is informative for fans of all ages.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Nov 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9780750955928

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Warming up

The quiz equivalent of the pre-match kick-in. Here are 11 questions that will hopefully act as a gentle introduction to the big game. Although some are a bit taxing, a few should be as easy as putting the ball in the net from a few yards out (though that, of course, has been beyond a few players over the years!).

  1  Who did David Moyes succeed as Everton boss in March 2002?

  2  How many separate spells in charge of Everton did Howard Kendall have?

  3  Who has played the most games for the Toffees – 751 in total?

  4  And who has scored the most goals for the club in the post-war era – 159 in all?

  5  Who captained Everton when we won the FA Cup for the first time in thirty-three years, in 1966?

  6  In which year were Everton last crowned League Champions?

  7  What is the name of the church situated in the corner of Goodison Park, between the Main Stand and the Gwladys Street End?

  8  In Joe Royle’s first game in charge, against Liverpool in November 1994, which legendary striker became the first on-loan player to score for Everton in the Merseyside derby?

  9  Who joined Everton from Tranmere Rovers in 1925 for a fee of £3,000?

10  Which English top-flight landmark was Everton the first to achieve in the 2002/03 campaign?

11  Which striker came to Everton from Leicester City for a club record fee of £850,000 in the summer of 1985?

Twenty-First Century Toffees

After a difficult beginning, the Toffees have been Premier League stalwarts throughout the twenty-first century, and have regularly finished the league in the top ten. These questions test your knowledge of Everton during that time.

  1  Which defender came to Everton from Celtic on a free transfer in the summer of 2001?

  2  In the 2–1 victory over Arsenal in October 2002, Wayne Rooney famously scored his first Premier League goal and won the game, but who scored the earlier equaliser for the Toffees?

  3  Who became the Toffees’ third most expensive player at the time when moving to Goodison for a fee of £9 million in the summer of 2009?

  4  In February 2000 who scored a hat-trick for Everton in the 4–0 away win at West Ham United?

  5  James Vaughan became the youngest Premier League scorer at the age of 16 years 271 days when netting during a 4–0 win over which side in April 2005?

  6  Which team did Everton beat for the first time in ten years with a 2–1 victory at Goodison in February 2010?

  7  Who knocked Everton out of the League Cup twice in 3 seasons, in 2003/04 and 2005/06?

  8  Which American international played 8 games on loan during the 2002/03 campaign, scoring 4 goals?

  9  Against Newcastle at Goodison in December 2006 who became the second youngest Everton player to score two goals in a post-war league game, doing so aged 18 years 251 days?

10  Who captained Everton for the first and so far only occasion, in the 3–3 draw against Chelsea in December 2009?

11  In the 2006/07 campaign, who became the first Everton outfielder for twenty years to play every minute of a league season?

Toffees Captains

One of the proudest achievements for any Everton player is being appointed club skipper. Indeed, less than fifty have held that honour since Nick Ross was the first to do so in the 1880s. This round looks at those lucky few who have worn the armband.

  1  Who succeeded Kevin Ratcliffe as club skipper in January 1992?

  2  Who was appointed captain during the summer of 2001?

  3  Against Newcastle United in February 1998, who was the first overseas player to captain Everton in a first-team game?

  4  Who skippered Everton for the first time in a 2–2 draw against Newcastle at Goodison in October 2008 – the only match Phil Neville missed during the season?

  5  Who succeeded Howard Kendall as skipper after the future managerial legend left to join Birmingham in 1974?

  6  Who captained the club for the first time against Luton in April 1984, and wore the armband for the last time against Wimbledon four years later?

  7  Who was never appointed club captain but unusually skippered Everton, away at Spurs in the 1996/97, 1999/00, 2000/01 and 2002/03 seasons?

  8  Who took over the captaincy of the side after Phil Neville was injured against Fulham in September 2009?

  9  Who skippered Everton for the first time in the Merseyside derby match at Anfield in March 1981, before later losing the club captaincy for being overweight?

10  Who followed Brian Labone as skipper of the club in 1970?

11  Who scored in 2 of his first 3 Premier League matches as captain – against Stoke City in October 2009 and Manchester City in March 2013?

Them and Us

Only a few players have been on the books of both clubs in Liverpool. A privileged few are held in the highest regard by both sets of supporters, while others have been